On the number line, what is the distance between the point 2x and the

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On the number line, what is the distance between the point 2x and the point 3x ?

1. On the number line, distance between the point -x and the point x is 16 .
2. On the number line, distance between the point x and the point 3x is 16


When you modify the original condition and the question, since the distance is an absolute value, |3x-2x|=|x|=? is a question. There is 1 variable(x), which should match with the number of equations. So you need 1 equation. For 1) 1 equation, for 2) 1 equation, which is likely to make D the answer.
For 1), |x-(-x)|=16, |2x|=16, |x|=8, which is unique and sufficient.
For 2), |3x-x)|=16, |2x|=16, |x|=8, which is unique and sufficient. Therefore the answer is D.


-> For cases where we need 1 more equation, such as original conditions with “1 variable”, or “2 variables and 1 equation”, or “3 variables and 2 equations”, we have 1 equation each in both 1) and 2). Therefore, there is 59 % chance that D is the answer, while A or B has 38% chance and C or E has 3% chance. Since D is most likely to be the answer using 1) and 2) separately according to DS definition. Obviously there may be cases where the answer is A, B, C or E.